It’s Not the Third Intifada—Yet
But it’s part of a global phenomenon.
May 3, 2016
Saadiah Gaon’s Arabic Bible Translation and Its Antecedents
Deflecting Islamic criticism of Jewish Scripture.
Among the many accomplishment of the 10th-century sage Saadiah Gaon—one of the leading rabbinic authorities of his day—was a translation of the Torah and a few other biblical books into Arabic, along with a commentary. Although not the first to attempt to render the Bible into that language, he was the first Jew to do so. Harry Freedman explains some of Saadiah’s influences:
May 3, 2016
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Terror and indoctrination.
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Saadiah Gaon’s Arabic Bible Translation and Its Antecedents
Deflecting Islamic criticism of Jewish Scripture.